After the winning candidate was announced on March 3, some participating enterprises submitted written objections to the tenderer or the industry authorities.
Some enterprises reported to The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) on March 3 that the bidding documents were suspected of being "tailor-made" for AsiaInfo Technology (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as AsiaInfo Technology), which was the first winning candidate, in violation of the relevant provisions of the Bidding Law and the Implementation Regulations of the Bidding Law.
In response to the relevant questions, the tenderer Chongqing Railway Investment Group replied, believing that the relevant bidding terms did not violate relevant laws and regulations.
Dissatisfied with the Q&A, the relevant enterprises complained to the Chongqing Municipal Public Resources Trading Supervision and Administration Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the Chongqing Municipal Public Administration Bureau) about the problems in the tender. Chongqing Municipal Public Administration Bureau staff said they had received complaints about the bidding project and were currently handling it in accordance with laws and regulations.
Chongqing East Railway Station project bidding of more than 7 million yuan
Chongqing East Railway Station project is the largest new "four networks" integrated comprehensive transportation hub in Chongqing, and the largest special high-speed railway station under construction in China, with 2 high-speed rail yards and 1 general speed yard, a total of 15 platforms and 29 departure lines.
According to Hualong Net, according to the construction plan, this year the station building, comprehensive transportation transfer center, rail transit station, etc. will usher in the completion of the main structure.
On January 1 this year, Chongqing Railway Investment Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Chongqing Railway Investment Group), as the tenderer, issued a bidding announcement in the Chongqing Public Resources Trading Center for the smart hub construction project of Chongqing East Railway Station supporting comprehensive transportation hub project.
According to the bidding announcement, the bidding project has been approved by China Railway Group with Tie Jian Han [2021] No. 202, the project owner is Chongqing Railway Investment Group, the construction fund comes from the owner's self-financing, the project capital contribution ratio is 100%, the estimated amount of the bidding project contract is about 74500 million yuan, and the planned construction period is 820 days.
According to the bidding announcement, the project is to provide computer room and carrier environment, network and communication facilities, cloud computing and storage facilities, operating environment and middleware facilities, information security facilities, data middle platform, technology middle platform, operation management and security guarantee, as well as three major applications: operation scheduling platform, collaborative management platform and comprehensive service platform for the supporting comprehensive transportation hub project of Chongqing East Railway Station. Including application software development, application integration development, as well as the procurement, installation and commissioning of basic hardware, sensing equipment, video surveillance equipment, intelligent robots, railway hub supporting and comprehensive development projects, bus hub stations, long-distance bus stations related information engineering construction, etc.
At the same time, this tender accepts consortium bidding, and the maximum number of consortium constituent units is 3.
The tender documents were alleged to be "tailor-made" by a bidder
A private enterprise in Chongqing and a state-owned enterprise in Beijing participated in the bidding for the project, and the staff of the two enterprises told The Paper that after the bidding documents for the Chongqing East Railway Station Smart Hub construction project were released, their company attached great importance to it and immediately set up a bidding team to study the bidding documents. However, after the two companies obtained the tender documents, the bidding team found that there were problems.
The above-mentioned enterprise staff told The Paper that the business scoring indicators set by the tenderer include 9 points for R&D strength and 10 points for enterprise strength. "The R&D strength part of the scoring method involves a total of 11 patents or software copyrights, and all relevant official or professional websites have been searched, and only AsiaInfo Technology Company is the only one in China. The keywords of the company's patents and software copyrights are 'verbatim' with the bidding documents, and only a consortium with it as a team may get a high score. ”
The above-mentioned enterprise staff said that although other companies can score 10 points in enterprise strength, they can only score 2-3 points in patents or software copyrights, no matter what combination.
In addition, the tender documents require that during the demonstration of the system product, "for the identification sources required for functions such as anti-terrorism and riot prevention, illegal operation, transportation order, packing garbage/exposing garbage, etc., the tenderer shall provide an MP4 format video file in the form of a U disk at the bidding opening site, and the bidder will identify and demonstrate and verify the above functions through image intelligent analysis".
The above-mentioned enterprise staff believes that the impartiality of the production of the video files used for the demonstration cannot be guaranteed, and the owner himself does not have the expertise of the demonstration system. For the video file business of specific source channels, except for the behind-the-scenes support of the manufacturer's energy body customized training algorithm completion, no company in the country can guarantee that according to this video of unknown source, the demonstration system can be completed without any problems.
Specifically, the scoring method requires "displaying the GIS+BIM three-dimensional electronic map of the project and presenting a panoramic three-dimensional visualization model of the appearance of the smart hub", according to the above-mentioned enterprise staff. But the tender documents did not provide even the most basic floor plans, and no company was able to do the job.
In addition, the system demonstration requires the use of real business systems, and the complexity of the construction of real business systems, from the hanging of the network to the opening of bids in such a short time, there is no second term other than "tailor-made". "The construction period of this tender project is June 2025, why must it be available before bidding? If the unit can realize it in advance, Chongqing Railway Investment Group still needs to spend nearly 6 million yuan of software investment to implement, is there a huge loss of state-owned assets? ”
The staff of the above two enterprises said that after the combination of R&D strength, enterprise strength and demonstration system standard control, only the "China Railway Communication Signal Co., Ltd. + AsiaInfo Technology Company + Dongfangtong" consortium in the country can obtain full scores, and the remaining potential winning candidate units have lost more than 23 points. The bidding documents are obviously exclusive, unique and directed, and lack fairness and competition.
Chongqing Railway Investment Group replied to the question
After discovering the problems in the tender documents, the above-mentioned Chongqing enterprises challenged the tenderer about the "tailor-made" of the tender documents within the time specified in the tender announcement.
The staff of the Chongqing enterprise who complained about the bidding documents told The Paper that after they raised the question, Chongqing Railway Investment Group replied to the content of the challenge through the bidding platform.
According to information obtained by The Paper, Chongqing Railway Investment Group answered questions and supplemented the bidding of the Chongqing East Railway Station smart engineering project on February 2, February 10 and March 2 this year.
In the Q&A and addendum document dated February 2, Chongqing Railway Investment Group replied to the question that "the patents required in the R&D strength in the scoring method are completely matched with software copyright keywords, and there is almost only one unit with the same keywords", saying that software copyright and patents reflect the ability and strength, achievements and practical experience of potential bidders in the field of software development services, such as potential bidders having software copyrights and patents with similar functions that meet procurement needs. It shows that the bidder has similar software development experience and strength, which is more conducive to the smooth construction and delivery of this project. Set as extra points to meet the construction needs of this project, the evaluation factors correspond to the corresponding procurement needs, and there are more than 10 potential bidders who meet this clause, and this clause does not violate the laws and regulations related to bidding.
Regarding the question that the "system product demonstration part" was questioned that "the potential bidder is a specific unit and has prepared the software before the start of the project", Chongqing Railway Investment Group replied that the system product demonstration part is set up according to the importance, complexity, urgency and actual needs of the project, and does not violate the relevant laws and regulations of bidding and bidding. Potential bidders with relevant experience, technical accumulation and strength, if properly organized, are able to produce products that meet the requirements of the demonstration before the opening of bids.
According to the staff of the two enterprises, the tenderers answered more than 100 questions in the Q&A and addendum documents. In addition to a positive answer to the technical part. Other questions about "tailor-made" are answered in general terms like the previous two questions, and indicate that there is no exclusivity, uniqueness and directionality.
Dissatisfied with the Q&A, the above-mentioned Chongqing enterprises complained to the Chongqing Municipal Public Administration Bureau about the problems in the tender. During this period, the Chongqing Municipal Public Administration Bureau organized both parties to conduct cross-examination and communication in person, and the Chongqing Municipal Public Administration Bureau also accepted their complaints. "The time for the Public Administration to accept complaints is 30 working days, but the bidding process will not be affected by the processing process."
Chongqing Municipal Public Administration Bureau: Complaints are being handled without affecting the bidding process
On March 3, the winning candidate of Chongqing East Railway Station Smart Project was announced on the Chongqing Public Resources Transaction Supervision Network. The Paper found that the first winning candidate in this tender was the target of the complaint - AsiaInfo Technology Company, Tonghao Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd., and China Railway First Bureau Group Electric Engineering Co., Ltd. consortium.
The bidding limit price is 744588387.07 yuan, and the bidding price of the consortium of the first winning candidate, AsiaInfo, is 125.<> million yuan different from the highest limit price.
The staff of the two bidding enterprises said that they still believed that the bidding documents were obviously exclusive, unique, directive, lacking impartiality and competition, and violated Article 20 of the Bidding Law, which stipulates that "the bidding documents shall not require or indicate specific production suppliers and contain other contents that favor or exclude potential bidders". At the same time, it also violates Article 32 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Bidding Law, which stipulates that "tenderers shall not restrict or exclude potential bidders or bidders with unreasonable conditions, and restrict or designate specific patents, trademarks, brands, origins or suppliers".
According to the announcement of the winning candidate, the publicity period of the announcement is from March 3 to March 13. The staff of the two enterprises indicated that they had submitted written objections to the tenderer on the results of the publicity during the publicity period. They said: "The bidding process in the field of engineering construction is a high incidence area that is prone to corruption. They hope that Chongqing Railway Investment Group will strictly implement the legal procedures for bidding and bidding, pay attention to qualification review, and ensure a fair and just bidding environment. ”
On the afternoon of March 3, The Paper called Chongqing Railway Investment Group through the contact information in the announcement of the winning candidate, and the staff who answered the phone said that they were not aware of the complaint about the smart project bidding of Chongqing East Railway Station, and the staff responsible for handling the matter were not available.
The staff of Chongqing International Investment Consulting Group Co., Ltd., who represented the tender, said that they thought that there was no problem with the tender, and that it was someone else's business that others wanted to complain, and it was inconvenient for others to be interviewed.
Staff from the Chongqing Municipal Public Administration Bureau, the department that accepted bidding complaints, said they had indeed received complaints about the bidding for the smart project of Chongqing East Railway Station and were currently being handled in accordance with laws and regulations. The entire processing process is carried out within the framework stipulated by laws and regulations, and after the processing is completed, the complainant will be given a decision letter. If the complainant feels that the decision is unlawful, they can proceed with an administrative review or administrative litigation.
The staff member said that they did handle the complaint within 30 working days, but the Tendering Law did not provide for the suspension of the bidding process if there was a complaint, and they also carried out their work in compliance with the law, so the complaint did not affect the bidding process.